The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday allowing the Biden administration to continue mandating COVID-19 vaccines for most health care workers is “really unfortunate” and a “big mistake” from a health policy perspective, said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Bhattacharya, a senior scholar of Brownstone Institute, told The…
SCOTUS Ruling Is a ‘Big Mistake,’ Stanford Professor Says of Health Care Vaccine Mandate Decision
SCOTUS Ruling on Health Care Vaccine Mandate a ‘Big Mistake,’ Stanford Professor Says
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday allowing the Biden administration to continue mandating COVID-19 vaccines for most health care workers is “really unfortunate” and a “big mistake” from a health policy perspective, said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Bhattacharya, a senior scholar of Brownstone Institute, told The…
Provinces Debate Allowing COVID-19 Positive Health Care Workers to Remain on the Job
As daily updates resume after pausing for the holiday weekend, provinces are considering following Quebec’s lead in letting health care personnel who have tested positive for COVID-19 to continue working out of fear of eroding the ability of health care institutions to treat their patients. Quebec’s Minister of Health Christian Dube announced on Dec. 27…
CDC Cuts COVID-19 Quarantine, Isolation Time for Health Care Workers to Ease Staffing Shortages
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday released updated guidance for isolation and quarantine, cutting the length of time health care workers need to do so amid an increase in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. As of Monday, Omicron makes up at least 73 percent of new cases in the United…
Supreme Court to Take Up Challenges to Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments on challenges to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In an announcement on Wednesday (pdf), the nation’s highest federal court said it would on Jan. 7 take up two separate disputes challenging the Biden administration’s mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees, and for…
California Gov. Newsom Mandates Booster Shots for Health Care Workers
California will require health care workers to receive COVID-19 booster shots in order to retain their fully vaccinated status, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday. “California will require healthcare workers to get their booster,” Newsom said on Twitter. “With Omicron on the rise, we’re taking immediate actions to protect Californians and ensure our hospitals are…
Judge Expands Block of Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to block President Joe Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to go into effect next week. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe, Louisiana, issued the injunction (pdf) to expand a separate order issued on Monday by…
Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to block President Joe Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to go into effect next week. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe, Louisiana, issued the injunction (pdf) to expand a separate order issued on Monday by…
Facts Matter (Nov. 30): 9,000 US Marines Defy Pentagon’s Mandate; Federal Judge Blocks Mandate in 10 States
A federal judge just issued a court order and officially blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, saying the mandate was a gross overreach of the agency’s authority. Meanwhile, the official deadline for all active-duty U.S. Marines to be fully vaccinated just passed. However, according to newly released government data, there are…
MPP Says Hospitals Can Still Mandate COVID Vaccines for Employees Despite Ford’s Statement
An Ontario MPP says despite Premier Doug Ford’s statement that health care workers don’t have to be COVID-19 vaccinated, health institutions can still mandate the policy on their own. Ford said on Nov. 3 that he won’t force hospital workers to be vaccinated in light of the challenges other provinces have had in implementing vaccine…
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